New Revised Standard Version
The king answered them harshly. King Rehoboam rejected the advice of the older men;

Contemporary English Version
Rehoboam ignored the advice of the older advisors. He spoke bluntly

New American Bible
Ignoring the advice the elders had given him, King Rehoboam gave the people a harsh answer.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the king answered roughly, leaving the counsel of the ancients.

And the king answered roughly, leaving the counsel of the ancients.

answered

Genesis 42:7,30 And he knew them, he spoke as it were to strangers, somewhat roughly, asking them: Whence came you? They answered: From the land of Chanaan, to buy necessaries of life. . . .

Exodus 10:28 And Pharao said to Moses: Get thee from me, and beware thou see not my face any more: in what day soever thou shalt come in my sight, thou shalt die.

1 Samuel 25:10,11 But Nabal answering the servants of David, said: Who is David? and what is the son of Isai? servants are multiplied now days who flee from their masters. . . .

1 Kings 20:6-11 To morrow, therefore, at this same hour, I will send my servants to thee, and they shall search thy house, and the houses of thy servants: and all that pleaseth them, they shall put in their hands, and take away. . . .

Proverbs 15:1 A mild answer breaketh wrath: but a harsh word stirreth up fury.

forsook

2 Chronicles 10:8 But he forsook the counsel of the ancients, and began to treat with the young men, that had been brought up with him, and were in his train.

Proverbs 19:27 Cease not, O my son, to hear instruction, and be not ignorant of the words of knowledge.